## Abstract ## BACKGROUND The current study was conducted to examine the role of multiple clinical and histologic factors in the prognostic assessment of patients with thick primary melanoma (> 4 mm, classified as T4). ## METHODS A retrospective analysis was performed in 329 patients with T4 cut
Prognostic factors in cutaneous desmoplastic melanoma : A study of 252 patients
β Scribed by Rajmohan Murali; Helen M. Shaw; Kenneth Lai; Stanley W. McCarthy; Michael J. Quinn; Jonathan R. Stretch; John F. Thompson; Richard A. Scolyer
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 437 KB
- Volume
- 116
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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